On the Fifth Sunday of Great Lent, Our Venerable Mother Mary of Egypt is commemorated to remind us that no one is so sinful that Holy God
cannot touch their hearts and bring them to repentance and salvation. We honor Our Venerable Mother Mary of Egypt as a great example of a person who
lead a life of sin, experienced Holy God's love, repented, and then converted from a to a life of holiness and repentance.
Our Venerable Mother Mary of Egypt is commerated on the last Sunday of Great
Lent as we approach the time of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ's suffering and death.

Apostolos

Hebrews 9:11-14 The Apostolos explains the saving
effect of Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ's sacrifice of his own blood to take away our sins.

Gospel

Mark 10:32-45 Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ's
forewarned to his followers about his Passion and death. This Gospel also tells the story of how James and John asked to be seated
next to Holy God the Son within the Holy Trinity / Our Lord, God and Savior, Jesus Christ's in glory, to which He replied that they didn't know what they were asking, because to share in His glory
they would have to share in His suffering. Finally He explains: "Whoever wishes to become great among you must be your
servant, and whoever wishes to be first among you must be the slave of all. For the Son of Man came not to be served but to
serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many."

KONTAKION (TONE 4)
O Glorious Mary of Egypt, you cast out the darkness of sin
and followed the light of penance.
You directed your heart to Christ and offered Him His Immaculate Mother
as an all-compassionate intercessor.
Wherefore you avoided sin and now live in the joyful company
of the angels in Heaven.

VESPERS DOXASTICHON (TONE 4)
Christ, the power of your Cross has worked wonders for Mary of Egypt.
She had been a harlot and has now become
an example and ideal of ascetic life.
Casting off the weakness of nature, she has bravely fought Satan.
Now, as a saint in heaven, she has obtained the prize of victory
and intercedes for our souls.

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dedicated to my cousins: Bucky (Richard C. Liles) and Shirley (Shirley Jean Liles Buck). Bucky fell asleep in the Lord on Dec. 12, 2000 and Shirley fell asleep in the Lord on Nov. 8, 2001.
O God of all spirits and of all flesh, who have destroyed death, overcome the devil, and given life to the world: grant, O Lord, to the souls of your servants Bucky and Shirley, who has departed from this life, that it may rest in a place of light, in a place of happiness, in a place of peace, where there is no pain, no grief, no sighing. And since You are a gracious God and the Lover of Mankind, forgive him/her every sin he/she has committed by thought, or word, or deed, for there is not a man who lives and does not sin : You alone are without sin, your righteousness is everlasting, and your word is true. You are the Resurrection and the Life, and the repose of your departed servants Bucky and Shirley. O Christ our God, and we send up glory to You, together with your eternal Father and your all-holy, good and life-givng Spirit, now and always and for ages upon ages. Amen.